American Comics: Multiverse of Madness

141. Wasteland.

In this wasteland covered by yellow sand, all civilization has almost regressed to a chaotic and lawless dark age.

When hope is extinguished by despair, and bandits and monsters take advantage of the chaos to rise to power, ruling with violence and plunder, the lives of countless ordinary people no longer belong to themselves. The weak are only fit to sink into endless sorrow, becoming neither human nor ghost.

The figure of old Hawkeye leaving was so desolate. Although he tried his best to stand tall and regain the courage of his past, everyone knew that this was a rugged and difficult road of no return. He disappeared alone at the end of the road, chasing a small spark of hope that he still firmly believed existed, buried deep in history.

"Cruel?"

Alex took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled.

"Perhaps."

Kara and Pietro withdrew their gaze and looked at Alex. They knew Alex had more to say.

"Everyone wants to be sheltered in the shade, but someone has to stand in the sunlight. This is his battle, a battle that started forty-five years ago. This fight isn't over, and he's been preparing for forty-five years. I believe he will succeed."

"What if he fails?" Pietro's face was heavy. He didn't believe a seventy-year-old man could face those criminals that even ordinary people couldn't handle. To him, this was no different from sending him to his death.

"He will succeed," Alex said calmly but firmly.

"But he failed back then," Kara said, frowning with obvious worry.

"That doesn't mean he will fail this time," Alex replied.

"So," Kara pondered for a moment, her brows slowly relaxing, "we will help him, right?"

"We will, but not now."

Alex said seriously, "I left something on him that will ensure his safety, but that's all we can do for now. We have more important things to do."

Alex could see the worry and urgency in Kara and Pietro. They also wanted to contribute; they also wanted to, like old Barton, eradicate all the evil in this world. This might be related to their experiences and age. Young people always want to reshape the world with their ideas, but it's far from simple.

If Pietro's birthplace, the Ruins Universe, was the madness and distortion before the nuclear war, then this wasteland universe is the complete destruction of civilization and moral collapse after the nuclear war.

In this world, savagery and violence have grown rampant, becoming the main theme of human existence. Endless deserts and ruins hide countless sins. This is not something that can be solved by violent retribution or revenge killings.

Destroying a castle is easy, but rebuilding it is extremely difficult. It may take many like-minded people, even several generations, to achieve this. But here, only two kinds of people are left: survivors and desperados.

There are still some leftover superheroes like old Hawkeye, but most have disappeared from public view. Perhaps they also know that their individual strength can no longer contend with this world.

Since the night when super villains triumphed, the entire world's order has been destroyed. Red Skull and other villains divided the world, trying to establish a new regime with their ideology. But it's clear that they 'failed'.

These inherently evil individuals sank into the enjoyment of their victory. They never understood what the rule of law meant, nor did they understand the significance of society. They only knew one thing: on their turf, only their word counted!

Trying to get a group of people who consider criminal law as work experience to build a new society is inherently impossible. The more inherently inferior a person is, the more they hope others bow to them. The more they flatter the strong, the more they will be abnormally brutal to the weak. They are patients, a group of rational madmen.

Originally, they were under the supervision of superheroes, but now it's different. Red Skull divided the lands, distributing territories to those criminals he had wooed, but he clearly misjudged these 'allies'.

Although he is nominally the 'leader', he can no longer control the lands in other people's hands!

Hulk took his cousin She-Hulk and turned her into a breeding machine because, in this world, only those with the same abilities as him could carry on Hulk's bloodline. Also, only She-Hulk's resilient body could withstand his force.

Now, the Hulk gang has become the largest gang on the west coast. Their territory is desolate and impoverished, but they have a large population. Those with Hulk's bloodline never consider humans as compatriots. In the minds of these inbred individuals, humans are just like animals – food.

In Magneto's former territory, the second-generation Kingpin rose up. He poisoned the already dying Magneto and led his countless thugs to brutally slaughter Magneto's mutants. As for those captured alive, they were thrown into the arena for amusement. This is just what Alex 'saw' from the fragmented soul of the Orb after killing him. As for other places, Alex could not even imagine the survival conditions of ordinary people.

Even the commercial chains established by the Orb were all for various gangs. No matter how difficult the lives of ordinary people were, no matter if they could live to see the next dawn, the Orb's nightclub would always be brightly lit!

In an era already scarce in resources, it became more corrupt and rotten in the hands of these criminals who were only indulging in the joy of their victory.

When more and more people realized that to survive, they had to rob others of their resources, everything got out of control. Red Skull could no longer effectively govern this world because it had become hell on earth. If you cannot survive without robbing others, even if you do not rob others, others will rob you. This means that civilization has decayed.

Various gangs sprung up like mushrooms after rain, committing all sorts of crimes and exploiting the most unfortunate.

Ordinary people had to endure the oppression of several gangs and might die in their homes without knowing why.

Everything changed. It became worse.

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